Award wage summaries

Summaries of the most-used State awards.

In March 2006 the federal Government introduced major changes to industrial relations in Australia, through the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005. 

Many employers and employees who were previously covered by State awards, agreements and/or the Western Australian minimum conditions legislation are now covered by the federal industrial relations system.  

Anyone who is uncertain whether they are affected by these changes should contact their employer association, union, Wageline on 1300 655 266 or the Work Choices Hotline on 1300 363 264.

State awards - important information

• Wageline provides information on current wage rates and conditions of employment only. Information on previous rates can be researched through the Western Australian Industrial Gazettes  which are available at  the State Law Publisher website (1996 onwards). Complete copies of all awards are available from the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
• Visit the General award information page for information on awards.
• Subscribe to the Wageline Award Update Newsletter to be notified of changes to the 54 award summaries maintained by Wageline.
• An enterprise bargaining agreement may apply to employees in addition to an award. Employees can contact Wageline on 1300 655 266 to determine if an agreement applies.
• The award wage summaries are provided in Adobe Portable Document (PDF) format. Acrobat PDF files require the free Acrobat Reader plug-in, which is available from Adobe.

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z  

A

• Aged and Disabled Persons Hostels Award (254325 bytes)
• Animal Welfare Industry Award (254911 bytes)
• AWU Gold (Mining and Processing) Award (246906 bytes)

B

• Bakers' (Metropolitan) Award (250581 bytes)
• Building Trades Award (250762 bytes)
• Building Trades (Construction) Award (200781 bytes)

C

• Children's Services (Private) Award (280876 bytes)
• Cleaners and Caretakers Award (250093 bytes)
• Cleaners and Caretakers (Car and Caravan Parks) Award (248237 bytes)
• Clerks (Accountants' Employees) Award (232294 bytes)
• Clerks (Commercial Social and Professional Services) Award (278068 bytes)
• Clerks (Customs/Shipping/Forwarding Agents) Award (214878 bytes)
• Clerks (Hotels Motels and Clubs) Award (247687 bytes)
• Clerks (Wholesale and Retail Establishments) Award (286574 bytes)
• Club Workers Award (297922 bytes)
• Commercial Travellers and Sales Representatives Award (240523 bytes)
• Contract Cleaners Award (248396 bytes)

D

• Dental Technicians and Attendant/Receptionists Award (252297 bytes)
• Draughtsmen Award (236785 bytes)

E

• Earthmoving and Construction Award (250945 bytes)
• Electrical Contracting Industry Award (278819 bytes)
• Electronics Industry (Part 1- General) Award (263238 bytes)
• Enrolled Nurses and Nursing Assistants (Private) Award (251123 bytes)

F

• Farm Employees Award (244562 bytes)
• Food Industry Award Definitions (149941 bytes)
• Food Industry (Food Manufacturing or Processing) Award (238036 bytes)
• Fruit Growing and Fruit Packing Industry Award (234607 bytes)
• Furniture Trades Industry Award (267599 bytes)

H

• Hairdressers Award (251879 bytes)
• Horticultural (Nursery) Industry Award (254559 bytes)
• Hotel and Tavern Workers Award (287997 bytes)

I

• Industrial Spraypainting Award (212012 bytes)

L

• Landscape Gardening Industry Award (252166 bytes)
• Licensed Establishments (Retail and Wholesale) Award (250630 bytes)

M

• MCE_previous_rates (86393 bytes)
• Meat Industry (State) Award (317624 bytes)
• Metal Trades (General) Award Part 1 - General (274694 bytes)
• Minimum Conditions of Employment Act Summary (91646 bytes)
• Minimum Conditions of Employment inc. Apprentice & Trainee (208279 bytes)
• Motel, Hostel, Service Flats & Boarding House Workers Award (291057 bytes)
• Motor Vehicle (Service Stations etc) Industry Award (261013 bytes)

N

• Nickel Mining and Processing Award (227161 bytes)
• Nurses' (Doctors Surgeries) Award (233717 bytes)

P

• Pastrycooks Award (239581 bytes)
• Pest Control Industry Award (238558 bytes)
• Photographic Industry Award (249167 bytes)
• Plaster Plasterglass and Cement Workers Award (243555 bytes)
• Plastic Manufacturing Award (257401 bytes)
• Printing Award (269508 bytes)

R

• Restaurant, Tearoom and Catering Workers Award (295668 bytes)

S

• Security Officers' Award (280962 bytes)
• Sheet Metal Workers Award (243340 bytes)
• Shop and Warehouse (Wholesale and Retail) Award (272881 bytes)

T

• Timber Workers Award (263119 bytes)
• Transport Workers' (General) Award (259367 bytes)
• Transport Workers (Passenger Vehicles) Award (212451 bytes)

V

• Vehicle Builders Award (277915 bytes)

W

• Wine Industry Award 2005 (252617 bytes)